paranóiach

Irish

Etymology

From paranóia +‎ -ach.

Adjective

paranóiach (genitive singular masculine paranóiaigh, genitive singular feminine paranóiaiche, plural paranóiacha, comparative paranóiaiche)

1. paranoiac

Declension

Declension of paranóiach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	paranóiach	pharanóiach	paranóiacha; pharanóiacha²
Vocative	pharanóiach		paranóiacha
Genitive		paranóiaiche	paranóiacha	paranóiach
Dative	paranóiach; pharanóiach¹	pharanóiach	paranóiacha; pharanóiacha²
Comparative	níos paranóiaiche
Superlative	is paranóiaiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

paranóiach m (genitive singular paranóiaigh, nominative plural paranóiaigh)

1. paranoiac (paranoid person)

Declension

Declension of paranóiach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative paranóiach paranóiaigh Vocative a pharanóiaigh a pharanóiacha Genitive paranóiaigh paranóiach Dative paranóiach paranóiaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an paranóiach na paranóiaigh Genitive an pharanóiaigh na bparanóiach Dative leis an bparanóiach don pharanóiach leis na paranóiaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
paranóiach	pharanóiach	bparanóiach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paranóiach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “paranóiach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.